# Indigenous Investment in Canada: The National Indigenous Economic Strategy Explained

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Podcast: [Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779)
Published: 2026-01-15T16:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/drumbeats/2461721
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## Resource

This episode examines Indigenous investment in Canada, institutional capital, and Indigenous partnerships, as well as why Indigenous-led finance is now central to infrastructure, energy, and natural resource investment outcomes. Under Dawn Madahbee-Leach leadership a $150,000 First Nation–owned loan fund scaled to more than $170 million, supporting more than 4,000 projects across Canada. In this episode of Drumbeats, she joins Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant to examine what that growth reveals about Indigenous-led capital, governance, and long-term economic value creation. Recorded on the 10th anniversary of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this conversation offers a rare, inside perspective on the National Indigenous Economic Strategy for Canada a landmark framework authored by Indigenous leaders and 25 national organisations, outlining 107 calls to economic prosperity across four pathways: people, land, finance, and infrastructure. Dawn explains how corporations, institutional investors, and government agencies are already implementing elements of the strategy, reshaping procurement, equity participation, and significant project development in the energy, infrastructure, mining, and trade sectors. She also shares what senior decision-makers should watch for ahead of the 2027 progress report and why Indigenous partnerships are no longer optional but foundational to successful investment in Canada. This episode is essential listening for institutional investors, policymakers, corporate leaders, and Indigenous economic leaders as they navigate the future of capital, reconciliation, and economic sovereignty.

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